Pottery Wheel School Holiday Family Art Class | Adults and Kids 7+

Something fun and creative this summer school holidays that parents and kids can do together. Your tutor will take students through the process of wedging a ball of clay, centering it on the wheel and throwing vessels. By the end of the workshop you’ll have learned new skills in wheel throwing pottery and made several pots. Each participant will make 2-3 pots that will then be bisque fired in our kilns. If you wish to Trim your pots before they are bisque fired, you will need to book in for a Trimming Session ($60pp). We will notify you when the pots have been bisque fired and you can either collect them, or book in for a Glazing Session ($20pp) to give your pots colour and a glossy, durable finish to make them functional. They will then be kiln fired again. Finished pots can be collected about 3 weeks after your first class.

Who can enrol?

Adults and children in their care can attend these sessions together. Children should be over 7 years old. Each person attending, whether a child or an adult, will need to be enrolled and pay the class fee. (Max 8 students so each person has a wheel)Children over 10 years are also welcome to enrol without a parent

What to expect

In this workshop, students will:

be introduced to the principles of making ceramics on a pottery wheel

learn the fundamental techniques of wheel throwing including centring and shaping

practise throwing simple cylinders

What should I wear?

Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes you are relaxed about getting clay on. Best to wear comfortable pants/trousers as you’ll sit close to the wheel as you throw.Bring an apron.We also recommend you trim your nails

SPECIAL FAMILY CLASS Materials included | Class limited 8 students | This class is for families (adults with children). The fee is $80 per person attending (child or adult). Each adult and child attending needs to be enrolled separately and each pay the class fee. The fee includes all materials + bisque firing your finished vessels

Site Directions

Art Est. Art School is located in a light industrial estate at 67-69 Lords Road, Leichhardt. We have two venues: the main studios are in Unit 4 where painting, drawing and printmaking classes are held. The ceramics studio (clay work and pottery) is located in Unit 9, the first building on the right as you arrive. Art Est. student parking is the spaces directly outside Units 4 and 9. General visitor parking is also available opposite Unit 4 (under the trees). Tandem parking is in operation in the visitor parking, so please leave a note on your car if you park someone in for any length of time. There is plenty of unmetered on-street parking available.

It is important to remind you to only park in the signposted Art Est. spaces OR the general visitor parking. Please do not park in front of any other tenant’s premises. This includes loading dock next door as this is in use 24 hours/7 days by our neighbours.

Light Rail runs every 15 minutes from Central Station. Alight at ‘Marion’, cross over at the pedestrian crossing and it is a 6 minute walk by the canal path along ‘The Greenway’, then turn left at the pedestrian tunnel with the fish mosaics to reach Lords Road. Art Est. entry is via the second gate, 50 metres up the hill on the left.

Cycle

We’re perfectly positioned along the GreenWay near Hawthorne Canal at Lords Road, so you can walk or cycle here too.

Other Information

Wheelchair access

Please phone us on 02 9564 1519 to discuss any accessibility needs.The entrance ramp for the main painting and drawing studios can be negotiated with a wheelchair and the wheelchair access to the bathroom is possible.